Official: Free Agency and MLE options thread

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Neil is going to spin Stauskas at minimum as better than Hezonja at MLE

“Listen Casey, we looked deep into the advanced metrics and Nik just was a much better deal than Mario. I’m not gonna sit here and defend myself for the signing of a veteran minimum contract!”

 

[LayneStaley]

Keep hoping Laker nut

I hate the Lakers, the avatar is a joke.

 

[Labinot41]

Fuck Neil

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Fuck Neil

Did we want Glen Robinson the third?

 

[illmatic99]

Fuck Neil

lol why

GRIII is a scrub

 

[Labinot41]

I like Robinson

 

[Hobbesarable]

Fuck Neil

Haha. Are you thinking of his father, The Big Dog?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

A troll that used to post here and would complain and bait people.

What an interesting concept - a one sentence description for each poster. Maybe a future thread!

 

[BonesJones]

lol why

GRIII is a scrub

Better than you think.. I feel like he has some untapped potential. Certainly better than Stauskas.

 

[Labinot41]

The most important Thing is EVERYBODY is better than Evan turnover at the Wing! EVERYBODY

 

[Wizard Mentor]

More thoughts:
1) We screwed up by letting go of Davis, but so did every playoff other team. GS could really use him, so could most everyone else. Yes, the Nyets screwed up too, Davis isn't taking them anywhere, especially on a 1-year contract.

2) I'm getting a "rebuilding" vibe from our last 2 years of transactions.

3) I'm getting a "only shooters allowed" vibe this offseason.

4) I'm starting to get a "wake me up when Turner expires" feeling...

5) Neil kept using the term "impact" veteran. Surely, he didn't mean Stauskas, and it's frustrating waiting for the this impact vet.

6) I'm annoyed mostly at the ET signing, it really seems like that's where the apocolypse started...

7) When the hell do we get a Trent press conference?

8) I'm feeling like we're going to have to wait until LBJ and friends land, so we can pick up the pieces... and it's a long, frustrating wait.

 

[Scalma]

Source: Philadelphia are entertaining the idea of using stash Jonah Bolden as a trade asset. Lots of interest from other NBA teams, there's a standard NBA buyout to free him of his $400,000 deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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I’d be all over this.

 

[hoopsjock]

Source: Philadelphia are entertaining the idea of using stash Jonah Bolden as a trade asset. Lots of interest from other NBA teams, there's a standard NBA buyout to free him of his $400,000 deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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I’d be all over this.

If Bolden was Ed's replacement I'd be really happy.

 

[illmatic99]

This is depressing. Our big move is Nik Stauskas?

 

[Blazinaway]

Source: Philadelphia are entertaining the idea of using stash Jonah Bolden as a trade asset. Lots of interest from other NBA teams, there's a standard NBA buyout to free him of his $400,000 deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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I’d be all over this.

I liked Bolden last yr for us to draft, would like to have him, especially if a rebuild might happen

 

[illmatic99]

Question for the capologists in the forum:

Can you sign and trade a player into a trade exception? I'm targeting Julius Randle. Can LA sign him for a 12.9 deal for 4 yrs and trade him to us for a future pick or something, and we absorb his salary into our TPE?

 

[RR7]

Question for the capologists in the forum:

Can you sign and trade a player into a trade exception? I'm targeting Julius Randle. Can LA sign him for a 12.9 deal for 4 yrs or something and trade him to us for a future pick or something, and we absorb his salary into our TPE?

Yes, technically.

But in order to S&T, we hard cap ourselves.

 

[illmatic99]

Yes, technically.

But in order to S&T, we hard cap ourselves.

But even with the hard cap, we only lose exceptions and not our ability to sign players (Nurk) with our bird rights? I'm alright forgoing our MLE if we can bring in Randle and re-sign Nurk.

 

[RR7]

But even with the hard cap, we only lose exceptions and not our ability to sign players (Nurk) with our bird rights? I'm alright forgoing our MLE if we can bring in Randle and re-sign Nurk.

No, we wouldn't be able to go over to sign nurk. It caps every transaction

 

[illmatic99]

No, we wouldn't be able to go over to sign nurk. It caps every transaction

Ah damn. Last Q: we can do the Nurk deal first and then S&T for Randle?

 

[RR7]

Ah damn. Last Q: we can do the Nurk deal first and then S&T for Randle?

No, unfortunately. Same restriction applies. You cant sign and trade and finish over the "apron"

 

[illmatic99]

Well. Shit.

Those contracts are leaving us with no flexibility whatsoever. Not to mention the $5 mil in dead space we have because they didn't want to pay tax for one year and instead stretched the deals to fuck us over for three straight years. People wondered why we bitched about all this so much back then. You see the consequences now.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I think Pat will join Napier as gone but somehow Layman stays.

You called that one!

 

[e_blazer]

Well. Shit.

Those contracts are leaving us with no flexibility whatsoever. Not to mention the $5 mil in dead space we have because they didn't want to pay tax for one year and instead stretched the deals to fuck us over for three straight years. People wondered why we bitched about all this so much back then. You see the consequences now.

If Nurk takes the QO, then the Blazers would have about $17M in apron room and maybe you could work a S&T deal. Not holding my breath.

 

[illmatic99]

If Nurk takes the QO, then the Blazers would have about $17M in apron room and maybe you could work a S&T deal. Not holding my breath.

Neil won't get a single job offer once other teams realize how completely he mis-managed this payroll and roster (and more importantly, Dame's prime). Yes, I think us firing him is a foregone conclusion.

 

[tester551]

Well. Shit.

Those contracts are leaving us with no flexibility whatsoever. Not to mention the $5 mil in dead space we have because they didn't want to pay tax for one year and instead stretched the deals to fuck us over for three straight years. People wondered why we bitched about all this so much back then. You see the consequences now.

Portland stretched a few contracts when they were well below the tax instead of just taking the hit in one year (sideshow Andy). We're still paying for that too.

 

[e_blazer]

Neil won't get a single job offer once other teams realize how completely he mis-managed this payroll and roster (and more importantly, Dame's prime). Yes, I think us firing him is a foregone conclusion.

That’s just not true. Gigalo, valet parking, Amway... his options are wide open.

 

[Sarni]

So what are our best case targets now? Tyreke?

 

[Scalma]

If Nurk takes the QO, then the Blazers would have about $17M in apron room and maybe you could work a S&T deal. Not holding my breath.

What if we included someone in the deal? Like an Aminu

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

So what are our best case targets now? Tyreke?

The Lottery.